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A young woman who knows and loves the Book of Mormon, who has read it several times, who has an abiding testimony of its truthfulness, and who applies its teachings will be able to stand against the wiles of the devil and will be a mighty tool in the hands of the Lord.

Modesty in dress and language and deportment is a true mark of refinement and a hallmark of a virtuous Latter-day Saint woman.

I have a vision of artists putting into film, drama, literature, music, and paintings great themes and great characters from the Book of Mormon.

One of Satan's most frequently used deceptions is the notion that the commandments of God are meant to restrict freedom and limit happiness.

Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation upon which sincere and meaningful repentance must be built. If we truly seek to put away sin, we must first look to Him who is the Author of our salvation.

Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father and our God. It is the sharp and keen awareness that our behavior caused the Savior, He who knew no sin, even the greatest of all, to endure agony and suffering.

Becoming Christlike is a lifetime pursuit and very often involves growth and change that is slow, almost imperceptible.

When our Heavenly Father placed Adam and Eve on this earth, He did so with the purpose in mind of teaching them how to regain His presence. Our Father promised a Savior to redeem them from their fallen condition.

We must be careful, as we seek to become more and more godlike, that we do not become discouraged and lose hope.

The scriptures record remarkable accounts of men whose lives changed dramatically, in an instant, as it were: Alma the Younger, Paul on the road to Damascus, Enos praying far into the night, King Lamoni.

Fathers, yours is an eternal calling from which you are never released.

Callings in the church, as important as they are, by their very nature are only for a period of time, and then an appropriate release takes place.

The sacred title of 'father' is shared with the Almighty.

Fatherhood is not a matter of station or wealth. It is a matter of desire, diligence and determination to see one's family exalted in the celestial kingdom. If that prize is lost, nothing else really matters.

When our children obey the Lord and go to the temple to receive their blessings and enter into the marriage covenant, they enter into the same order of the priesthood that God instituted in the very beginning with father Adam.

With the Spirit and magnifying your call, you can do miracles for the Lord in the mission field. Without the Spirit, you will never succeed, regardless of your talent and ability.

When obedience ceases to be an irritant and becomes our quest, in that moment God will endow us with power.

One who is kind is sympathetic and gentle with others. He is considerate of others' feelings and courteous in his behavior. He has a helpful nature. Kindness pardons others' weaknesses and faults. Kindness is extended to all - to the aged and the young, to animals, to those low of station as well as the high.

God's revelation to Adam did not instruct Noah how to build the ark.

The Book of Mormon Is the Word of God.

The Book of Mormon exposes the enemies of Christ. It confounds false doctrines and lays down contention.

Enmity means 'hatred toward, hostility to, or a state of opposition.' It is the power by which Satan wishes to reign over us.

The human body is the tabernacle of the spirit, and God expects that it be kept clean and unimpaired.

Do not leave yourself or your family unprotected against financial storms... Build up savings.

The history of humanity has, to a large extent, been one of groping blindly in the dark, fearing for the future and yet resisting the guiding hand of inspired men who would willingly lead mankind in the path of safety.

Satan would have you believe that happiness comes only as you surrender to his enticements, but one only needs to look at the shattered lives of those who violate God's laws to know why Satan is called the Father of Lies.

'What would Jesus do?' or 'What would He have me do?' are the paramount personal questions of this life.

God lives. I know that He lives. I know that Jesus is the Christ and the Redeemer of the world.

Time is on the side of truth.

I firmly believe in prayer. It is possible to reach out and tap the unseen power which gives strength and anchor in time of need.

The undermining of the home and family is on the increase with the devil anxiously working to displace the father as the head of the home and create rebellion among the children.

I love all our Father's children of every color, creed, and political persuasion.

Students at universities are sometimes so filled with the doctrines of the world they begin to question the doctrines of the gospel.

Unless you and your mate are united in purpose, dedication, and loyalty, you will not succeed to the extent you otherwise could.

The false prophets of Communism predict a utopian society.

I am a witness to nations and people deprived of their freedom. I was there. I watched that great Iron Curtain drop around nations which formerly had prized their freedom - good people. I was aghast as these were written off by the stroke of a pen.

No nation which has kept the commandments of God has ever perished, but I say to you that once freedom is lost, only blood - human blood - will win it back.

Selfishness is one of the more common faces of pride. 'How everything affects me' is the center of all that matters - self-conceit, self-pity, worldly self-fulfillment, self-gratification, and self-seeking.

Pride adversely affects all our relationships - our relationship with God and His servants, between husband and wife, parent and child, employer and employee, teacher and student, and all mankind.

God will have a humble people. Either we can choose to be humble, or we can be compelled to be humble.

The founders had a strong distrust for centralized power in a federal government. So they created a government with checks and balances. This was to prevent any branch of the government from becoming too powerful.

Constitutional government, as designed by the framers, will survive only with a righteous people.

America, North and South, is a choice land, a land reserved for God's own purposes.

An unvirtuous citizenry tend to elect representatives who will pander to their covetous lustings.

The world is increasing in wickedness.

Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.

You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!

Bad experience is a school that only fools keep going to.

Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order.

The great task of life is to learn the will of the Lord and then do it.

The proud do not change to improve, but defend their position by rationalizing. Repentance means change, and it takes a humble person to change.

Pride is a sin that can readily be seen in others but is rarely admitted in ourselves.

One of the joys of working with boys is that you get your pay as you go along. You can observe the results of your leadership daily... Such satisfaction cannot be purchased at any price; it must be earned.

You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.

When I think of how we show faith, I cannot help but think of the example of my own father. I recall vividly how the spirit of missionary work came into my life. I was about thirteen years of age when my father received a call to go on a mission.

To lose yourself in righteous service to others can lift your sights and get your mind off personal problems, or at least put them in proper focus.

Periodic fasting can help clear up the mind and strengthen the body and the spirit.

The fellowship of true friends who can hear you out, share your joys, help carry your burdens, and correctly counsel you is priceless.

The great commandment of life is to love the Lord.

Our desires, be they spiritual or temporal, should be rooted in a love of the Lord.

When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives.

Daily, constantly, we choose by our desires, our thoughts, and our actions whether we want to be blessed or cursed, happy or miserable.

One of the trials of life is that we do not usually receive immediately the full blessing for righteousness or the full cursing for wickedness.

With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.

Too often the pressure for popularity, on children and teens, places an economic burden on the income of the father, so mother feels she must go to work to satisfy her children's needs. That decision can be most shortsighted.

Praise your children more than you correct them. Praise them for even their smallest achievement.

Wickedness never did, never does, never will bring us happiness.

We must not lose hope. Hope is an anchor to the souls of men. Satan would have us cast away that anchor.

The Lord is pleased with every effort, even the tiny, daily ones in which we strive to be more like Him.

The greatest events of history are those which affect the greatest number for the longest periods.

Scouting teaches a boy to take care of himself and stand on his own two feet.

Opposition provides choices, and choices bring consequences - good or bad.

The condition of the physical body can affect the spirit.

The price of peace is righteousness.

Your most important friendships should be with your own brothers and sisters and with your father and mother. Love your family. Be loyal to them. Have a genuine concern for your brothers and sisters.

Fear of men's judgment manifests itself in competition for men's approval.

The great test of life is obedience to God.

Sin pulls a man down into despondency and despair.

One of the standards on which your happiness is based, now and in your future, is moral purity.

Young people, you need the wisdom of age, just as some of us older ones need your enthusiasm for life.

If a man does not control his temper, it is a sad admission that he is not in control of his thoughts.

The Book of Mormon is the 'keystone' of our religion, and the Doctrine and Covenants is the 'capstone,' with continuing latter day revelation. The Lord has placed His stamp of approval on both the keystone and the capstone.

I rode horseback three miles each way to get to high school, and in bad weather it was a problem sometimes to make my eight o'clock class on time. Like others, I often missed school to help on the farm, especially in the fall, until after harvest, and in the spring, during planting season.

The one man other than my father who made the most lasting impression was an uncle, Serge B. Benson. He taught me in three different classes - but above all, he taught me lessons in moral, physical, and intellectual courage that I have tried to apply in later life.

Our parents deserve our honor and respect for giving us life itself. Beyond this they almost always made countless sacrifices as they cared for and nurtured us through our infancy and childhood, provided us with the necessities of life, and nursed us through physical illnesses and the emotional stresses of growing up.

I feel certain that if, in our homes, parents will read from the Book of Mormon prayerfully and regularly, both by themselves and with their children, the spirit of that great book will come to permeate our homes and all who dwell therein.

Most of us think of pride as self-centeredness, conceit, boastfulness, arrogance, or haughtiness. All of these are elements of the sin, but the heart, or core, is still missing. The central feature of pride is enmity - enmity toward God and enmity toward our fellowmen.

Pride is essentially competitive in nature. We pit our will against God's.

Our enmity toward God takes on many labels, such as rebellion, hard-heartedness, stiff-neckedness, unrepentant, puffed up, easily offended, and sign seekers. The proud wish God would agree with them. They aren't interested in changing their opinions to agree with God's.

The proud make every man their adversary by pitting their intellects, opinions, works, wealth, talents, or any other worldly measuring device against others.

Would we not do well to have the pleasing of God as our motive rather than to try to elevate ourselves above our brother and outdo another?

Some prideful people are not so concerned as to whether their wages meet their needs as they are that their wages are more than someone else's. Their reward is being a cut above the rest. This is the enmity of pride.

Disobedience is essentially a prideful power struggle against someone in authority over us. It can be a parent, a priesthood leader, a teacher, or ultimately God. A proud person hates the fact that someone is above him. He thinks this lowers his position.

The proud depend upon the world to tell them whether they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by where they are judged to be on the ladders of worldly success. They feel worthwhile as individuals if the numbers beneath them in achievement, talent, beauty, or intellect are large enough.

Pride is ugly. It says, 'If you succeed, I am a failure.'

If we love God, do His will, and fear His judgment more than men's, we will have self-esteem.

The Lord clearly defined the roles of providing for and rearing a righteous posterity. In the beginning, Adam, not Eve, was instructed to earn the bread by the sweat of his brow.

In a home where there is an able-bodied husband, he is expected to be the breadwinner.

Are you honest with the Lord in the payment of your tithes? Living this divine law will bring both spiritual and material blessings.

What does it mean to love someone with all your heart? It means to love with all your emotional feelings and with all your devotion. Surely when you love your wife with all your heart, you cannot demean her, criticize her, find fault with her, or abuse her by words, sullen behavior, or actions.

Husbands, recognize your wife's intelligence and her ability to counsel with you as a real partner regarding family plans, family activities, and family budgeting. Don't be stingy with your time or with your means. Give her the opportunity to grow intellectually, emotionally, and socially as well as spiritually.

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